biographies of house members - west virginia legislature

BIOGRAPHIES OF HOUSE MEMBERS 337

RICHARD THOMPSON

Speaker

RICHARD THOMPSON, Democrat, of Lavalette, Wayne

County, 17th District. Elected to the House of Delegates in 1980,

2000, 2002, 2004, 2006. Vice Chairman, Committee on Legislative

Rule-Making Review, 76th Legislature; CoChairman, Committee on

Parks and Recreation, 77th Legislature; Elected Speaker on January

10, 2007, at the beginning of the 78th Legislature, the 55th Speaker

of the House of Delegates. (See biographical sketch on page 359)

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338 BIOGRAPHIES OF HOUSE MEMBERS

BIOGRAPHIES OF HOUSE MEMBERS

FIRST DELEGATE DISTRICT[Hancock County and a Portion of Brooke County]

JOE DELONG

1st District, Hancock County

Democrat

Majority Leader

Vice President, East Coast Pipeline Born

December 14, 1972, in Weirton, West Virginia, the

son of Robert and Teresa DeLong Education West

Virginia University, B.S. Wife Stacy Nowicki

Affiliations Member, Alpha-Zeta Honors

Fraternity; Past Vice President, Mountaineer

Horseman’s Benevolent and Protective

Association; Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America;

Member, West Virginia University football team, 5 years; Licensed

thoroughbred horse trainer Legislative Service Elected to House, 2000-2006

Legislative Positions Held Chairman, Committee on Veterans Affairs, Assistant

Majority Whip, 77th Legislture Religion Methodist Address 409 Laurel Drive,

Weirton 26062 Telephone 479-0545 O. 748-2533 H.


RANDY SWARTZMILLER1st District, Hancock CountyDemocratChairman, Committee on Homeland Security

Regulatory Compliance Management Born May14, 1960, in Weirton, West Virginia, the son ofRobert D. and Shirley J. Swartzmiller EducationB.A., Magna Cum Laude, West Liberty StateCollege Wife Jeanmarie Skerbetz Children TaylorMarie, Molly Katherine Affiliations Board ofDirectors, Chairman, Hancock County SeniorCenter; Board of Directors, West Virginia Kids

Count Fund; Member, Friends of Northern Community College: Member, WestLiberty Alumni Association; West Virginia Farm Bureau; NRA; Oak GlenAlumni Association; New Cumberland Lodge #22 AF&AM; Scottish RiteBodies Valley of Wheeling; Osiris Shrine Temple; Northern Panhandle ShrineClub; Osiris Tin Lizzie Patrol; Recipient, United Way Volunteer Gold Award,1996; Honorary Major, Air Civil Patrol of Wheeling Legislative Service Elected2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Assistant Majority Whip, ViceChairman, Committee on Homeland Security, 76th Legislature, Chairman77th Legislature Religion First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ Address 244 Oil Well Lane, New Cumberland 26047 Telephone 479-5140 O.


SECOND DELEGATE DISTRICT[Portions of Brooke and Ohio Counties]

TIMOTHY R. ENNIS

2nd District, Brooke County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Committee on

Homeland Security

Assistant Majority Whip

Professional Driver Born August 26, 1959, in

Steubenville, Ohio, son of Daniel and Freda Mae

Ennis Education Brooke County Schools Wife

Judy Cook Children Thomas Affiliations

Member, Brooke Hills Free Methodist Church; West Virginia School Service

Personnel; Brooke County School Service Personnel; Brooke County United

School Service Employees; West Virginia Employer Support of Guard and

Reserves; West Virginia Civil Air Patrol; National Rifle Association; United

States Golf Association Legislative Service Elected 1994-2006 Legislative

Positions Held House Chaplain; Chairman, Parks and Recreation Committee,

73rd Legislature; Assistant Majority Whip, Vice Chairman, Committee on

Natural Resources, 74th and 75th Legislatures; Chairman, Committee on

Veterans Affairs; Vice Chair, Committee on Government Organization, 76th

and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service Twice elected Wellsburg City

Councilman, 1991-1993; Chairman, Wellsburg Park Board; Wellsburg Water

Sewer Board Religion Free Methodist Address 2009 Pleasant Ave., Wellsburg

26070 Telephone 737-0131 H.


JACK YOST

2nd District, Brooke County

Democrat


Political Subdivisions


Retired Born October 12, 1945, in Steubenville,

Ohio, the son of Maxine R. and the late H. Jack

Yost Education West Liberty State College Wife

Kris Littell Children Jack III (Jay), Alicia, Ryan

Grandchildren Brittany, Nicholas Affiliations

Member, Brooke County Sportsmen’s & Farmers

Association; L.O.O.M. #1564; Bethany Lodge #69; Elks #1553; Past Potentate,

Osiris Shrine Center; Past President, Mid-Atlantic Shrine Association; American

Legion #34; West Virginia Civil Air Patrol; Wellsburg Kiwanis; National Rifle

Association; Board of Directors, Health Way, Inc.; Board of Directors, Brooke

County Committee on Aging Other Public Service Member, Wellsburg City

Council; Brooke County Democrat of the Year, 2000; Brooke County

Democratic Executive Committee Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006

Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Technology, 77th

Legislature Military Service U.S. Army Reserves; Company Soldier of the

Year, 1966 Religion Methodist Address 1413 Pleasant Avenue, Wellsburg

26070 Telephone 737-2720 H.


TAL HUTCHINS3rd District, Ohio CountyDemocratVice Chairman, Committee on

Constitutional Revision

Labor Relations Consultant Born November 25,1949, in Wheeling, West Virginia EducationBowling Green State University; West VirginiaUniversity Wife Carmen Bass Children Caressa,Melanie Affiliations Member, Wheeling LionsClub; Wheeling NAACP; Vice President,Professional Staff Union (PSU), Ohio Chapter;Former Member, Board of Directors, Upper OhioValley Chapter, American Red Cross; Former

Member, Board of Directors, Northwood Health Systems; Former Member,Wheeling Kiwanis Club; Former Teacher, Ohio County Schools; Member, NRALegislative Service Elected 1994-1998, 2006 Legislative Positions Held ViceChair, Committee on Health and Human Resources, 72nd, 73rd and 74thLegislatures Other Public Service Former Vice Chair, Wheeling Human RightsCommission; Former President, Ohio County Education Association; FormerMember, West Virginia Education Assocition Congressional Contact TeamReligion Christian-Apostolic Address 86 Stamm Lane, Wheeling 26003Telephone 242-7536 H. 740-598-3561 O.

THIRD DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Ohio County]

ORPHY KLEMPA3rd District, Ohio CountyDemocrat

Business Representative, Mid-Atlantic RegionalCouncil of Carpenters Born October 9, 1951, inWheeling, West Virginia, the son of Geneva R.Klempa and the late Jacob J. Klempa EducationA.D., West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWife Mary Jo Gray Children Orphy Jr., Jeremy,Shannah, Justin, Ricki Jo Affiliations Co-Chair,Project BEST; Trustee, Ohio Valley Medical CenterBoard; Board of Directors, Wheeling AreaChamber of Commerce; Board of Directors, United

Way of the Upper Ohio Valley; Board Member, Ohio County DevelopmentBoard Legislative Service Elected 2006 Other Public Service Member, Boardof Governors, West Virginia Northern Community College Religion RomanCatholic Address 5 Locust Avenue, Wheeling 26003 Telephone 242-9200 H.

233-2500 O.


FOURTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Marshall County and a Portion of Ohio County]

KENNETH D. TUCKER

4th District, Marshall County

Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Industry and Labor

Coal Miner Born July 3, 1952, the son of Kenneth

and Betty Tucker Education Public Schools Wife

Sharon Pearcy Children Melissa L. Beck, Amanda

J., Kenneth R. Affiliations Member, United Mine

Workers of America; Legislative Service Elected

1996-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair,

Committee on Interstate Cooperation, 75th, 76th

and 77th Legislatures Religion Methodist Address 1218 5th Street, Moundsville

26041 Telephone 845-5716 H.

SCOTT G. VARNER

4th District, Marshall County

Democrat

Vocational Administrator Born July 1, 1962, in

Wheeling, West Virginia, son of W. Terry and Lillie

Garrison Varner Education Ohio Valley College,

A.A.; Glenville State College, B.A.; West Virginia

University, M.A.; West Virginia College of

Graduate Studies Wife Suzanne R. Yanni

Children Shayna S., Stefan S. Affiliations

Member, National Rifle Association; West Virginia

Farm Bureau; West Virginia Civil Air Patrol; Sons of Italy #754; Garibaldi

Lodge, Benwood; Association of Career and Technical Education; West Virginia

Education Association; Marshall County Education Association Legislative

Service Elected 1992-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chairman,

Committee on Government Organization, 72nd Legislature; Majority Whip,

73rd, 74th 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service Member,

Congressional District Committee, 1990-94; Member, Marshall County

Democratic Executive Committee, 1991-94 Religion Church of Christ Address

1214 Second Street, Moundsville 26041 Telephone 845-0091 H.


FIFTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Portions of Wetzel and Monongalia Counties]

DAVE PETHTEL

5th District, Wetzel County

Democrat


Industry and Labor


Teacher Born January 28, 1951, in Wheeling, West

Virginia, the son of the late Forrest and Helen

Pethtel Education A.B., Glenville State College;

M.A., West Virginia University; M.A. + 45 hours,

West Virginia University Wife Mary Ann Jones

Children Kevin, Eric Affiliations Member,

W.V.E.A.; N.E.A.; W.C.E.A.; Community Sportsman’s Club; Littleton Lodge,

#131 AF&AM; LOOM; Wetzel County Farm Bureau; NRA; Board of Directors;

Clay Battelle Health Center, Community Health Center-North Eastern Wetzel

County Legislative Service Elected 1988-1992; 1998-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Assistant Majority Whip, 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures;

Chairman, Committee on Industry and Labor, 76th and 77th Legislatures; Vice

Chairman, Committee on Insurance, 75th Legislature; Chairman, Committee

on Interstate Cooperation, 70th and 71st Legislatures; Vice Chairman,

Committee on Constitutional Revision, 71st Legislature Religion Methodist

Address P.O. Box 990, Hundred 26575 Telephone 775-4221 O. 775-5472 H.


SIXTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Doddridge County, Tyler County and a Portion of Wetzel County]

ROGER ROMINE

6th District, Tyler County

Republican

Educator Born January 27, 1944, in Doddridge

County, West Virginia, the son of Basil and Mary

Romine Education Salem College, B.S.; West

Virginia University, M.A. Wife The late Judith

Ann Davis Children Rhonda Fitzsimmons, Lynn

Romine, Tara Romine, Kim Walker, Wm. Roger

(Rocky) Romine II, Jill Billiter Affiliations

Member, Masonic Lodge of Sistersville;

Parkersburg Shrine; Elk’s Lodge; Lions

International; Former Member, WVEA; WVASA; AASA; President, WARSE

of Tyler County; Former Vice Chairman, NPPIC; Former Classroom Teacher,

Principal, and Central Office Administrator Other Public Service Member of

the Board, Northern Panhandle Work Force Investment Board and Doddridge

County Economic Development Board Legislative Service Elected to the

House, 2000-2006 Religion Methodist Address 161 Baker Lane, Sistersville

26175 Telephone 652-3456 H.


SEVENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Pleasants and Ritchie Counties]

LYNWOOD “WOODY” IRELAND

7th District, Ritchie County

Republican

Chemical Engineer (Retired), Farmer/Auctioneer

Born 1942, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, the son

of Guy and Alberta Ireland Education B.S., West

Virginia University Wife Karen L. Maxwell

Children Heather, Bryan Affiliations County

Director, Farm Bureau; Past President, South Fork

Hunt Club; Trustee, White Oak Methodist Church;

Past President, West Virginia Arabian Horse

Association; Member, West Virginia Auctioneers

Association; Ritchie County Historical Society;

West Virginia Cattlemen Association; NRA; 4-H West Virginia All Star

Legislative Service Elected 2006 Other Public Service Member, Ritchie

County Community Fund Foundation; Board Member, President, Ritchie

County 4-H Foundation; President, Ritchie County Fair Board Military Service

Officer, U.S. Army, 1967-1969 Religion Methodist Address Rt. 1, Box 29,

Pullman 26421 Telephone 349-2957 H.

EIGHTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Wood County]

EVERETTE W. ANDERSON JR.

8th District, Wood County

Republican

Educator Born August 9, 1948, in Parkersburg,

West Virginia, son of the late Everette W. and

Imogene I. Anderson Education Marshall

University, B.A.; West Virginia University, M.A.

Affiliations Member, NEA; WVEA; WCEA;

American Legion, Post 159; Wood County Farm

Bureau; West Virginia Cattlemen’s Association

Legislative Service Elected 1992-2006 Other

Public Service Member of Governor’s

Commission on Quality and Equity in Education Military Service U. S. Air

Force Religion Presbyterian Address 1011 Highland Avenue, Williamstown

26187 Telephone 375-7880 H.


NINTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Wirt County and a Portion of Wood County]

LARRY BORDER


Republican

Minority Whip

Pharmacist/Farmer/Developer Born June 3, 1951,

in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Willis

and Helen Border Education West Virginia

University School of Pharmacy Wife Anna Adams

Children Dr. Heather Border, Rebecca Dimit and

Christopher Border Affiliations President,

Eastwood Investment Company; President, Larry

Border Contracting LLC; Charter Member, Past

President, Eastwood Lions Club; Member, Parkersburg Lions Club; Lions

District Cabinet, 29L Past-Zone Chairman; Member, West Virginia Pharmacist

Association; Friends Gospel Quartet; Gideon, North Parkersburg Camp; Wood

County Farm Bureau; Recipient, Lions International Melvin Jones Fellow;

Recipient, Drug Awareness Chairman Award; Recipient, Lions International

Presidential Certificate of Appreciation for Humanitarian Services; Recipient,

Most Valuable Performer Award for Store Manager, Super X Drug, Inc.

Legislative Service Elected 1990-2006 Legislative Positions Held Minority

Whip, 77th Legislature Other Public Service Member, Wood County Planning

Commission Religion Christian Address 39 Highland Meadows Drive,

Davisville 26142 Telephone 485-1145 H. 485-5428 O.


TENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Wood County]

THOMAS A. AZINGER


Republican

Insurance Agent Born July 2, 1935, in Parkersburg,

West Virginia, son of the late Albert G. and Anna

Mae Azinger Education B.S., West Virginia

University; Member, Mountain-Ranking men’s

honorary Wife Janet Janes Children Michael,

David, John, Pamela Hopkins; 11 grandchildren

Affiliations Eagle Scout; Past President, Vienna

Lions Club; Jaycees Legislative Service Elected

1994-2006 Military Service U.S. Marine Corps

Religion Protestant Address 1310 7th St., Vienna 26105 Telephone 295-8695.

JOHN N. ELLEM


Republican

Attorney Born July 19, 1967, in Parkersburg, West

Virginia, the son of Francis and Anne Ellem

Education Wheeling Jesuit College, B.S.; West

Virginia University College of Law Wife Sherry

Lynn Ellem Children Sara Affiliations Former

member, West Virginia Ethics Commission;

Member, Parkersburg Toastmasters Club; Knights

of Columbus; Former legal intern, Office of

Legislative Services Legislative Service

Appointed January 4, 2001, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Rick

Modesitt; Elected 2002-2006 Religion Roman Catholic Address P.O. Box

322, Parkersburg, 26102 Telephone 424-5297 O. 863-0375 H.


DAN POLING


Democrat

Business Representative Born October 3, 1954,

in Parkersburg, West Virginia, the son of Charles

J. And Joan Poling Education Parkersburg South

High School Wife Cynthia M. Miller Children

Michelle, Danielle, Brian Affiliations Vice

President, West Virginia AFL-CIO Legislative

Service Appointed January 2, 2006, to fill a

vacancy created by the resignation of J. D. Beane

Other Public Service Member, Board of Directors, Parkersburg Holiday in

the Park; Member, Advisory Board, Salvation Army Religion Roman Catholic

Address 1007 Star Avenue, Parkersburg, 26105 Telephone 485-5181 O.

ELEVENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Roane County and A Portion of Jackson County]

BOB ASHLEY

11th District, Roane County

Republican

Insurance Agent Born July 4, 1953, son of former

House of Delegates member Gene M. Ashley and

Kathleen Harris Ashley Education Marshall

University, B.B.A. Wife Anita Harold Children

Benjamin Scott, Samuel David Affiliations

Member, Chamber of Commerce; Rotary; Board

of Directors, Roane General Hospital; Board of

Directors, Little Kanawha Resource, Conservation

and Development Other Public Service Former Member, Tiger Morton

Catastrophic Illness Fund; Former Member, State School Building Authority;

Delegate-at-large to Republican National Convention 1996, 2000, 2006

Legislative Service Elected 1984-96; Reelected 2000-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Minority Whip, 70th and 71st Legislatures; Republican Leader,

72nd and 73rd Legislatures Religion Methodist Address P. O. Box 823, Spencer

25276 Telephone 927-2175 O. 927-3461 H.


TWELFTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Jackson County]

MITCH B. CARMICHAEL

12th District, Jackson County

Republican

Computer Systems Sales Born April 15, 1960, in

Charleston, West Virginia, the son of former House

of Delegates member Bill Carmichael and Carolyn

Carmichael Education Marshall University, BBA

Wife Teresa L. Harvey Legislative Service

Elected to the House, 2000-2006 Religion United

Methodist Church Address 11 Vail Drive, Ripley

25271 Telephone 372-4667 O. 372-4737 H.

THIRTEENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Portions of Mason, Jackson and Putnam Counties]

DALE F. MARTIN

13th District, Putnam County

Democrat


Government Organization

Retired, Union Carbide Corporation Born

September 9, 1951 in Charleston, West Virginia,

the son of Robert E. and the late Edrie Julia Martin

Education West Virginia State University Wife

Helen Fisher Children Joshua R. Affiliations

Member, West Virginia AFL-CIO Legislative

Service Elected to the House 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair,

Committee on Veterans Affairs, 77th Legislature Religion United Methodist

Church Address P.O. Box 513, Poca 25159 Telephone 755-7018 H.


BRADY RALPH PAXTON


Democrat

Vice Chairman, Committee on Education

Teacher/Artist/Farmer/Writer Born January 21,

1947 in Bancroft, West Virginia, the son of Herman

Ralph and Florence Paxton Education West

Virginia State College, B.S.; Marshall Graduate

School Children Brandon Nicholas, Ethan Franz,

Aaron Gabriel, Molly Katherine, Rachel Denae

Affiliations Member, VFW; American Legion;

AFL-CIO Legislative Service Elected to the

House, 1992; Appointed April 22, 1999, to fill a vacancy created by the

resignation of Gary Tillis; Elected 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice

Chair, Committee on Forest Management Review, 76th Legislature; CoChair,

Committee on Parks and Recreation, 77th Legislature Other Public Service

Member, Poca City Council; Pipes for Putnam County; BiCentennial

Committee; Director, Summer Youth Program; Chairman, Putnam County

Board of Health Military Service U.S. Army, Vietnam Religion Christian

Address Rt. 1, Box 187, Liberty 25124 Telephone 755-5001 O. 586-0991 H.

FOURTEENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Putnam County]

TROY ANDES


Republican

Public/Community Relations, Massey Coal

Services Born April 16, 1981, in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania, the son of Steve and Lorrie Andes

Education B.S., Virginia Tech Wife Jennifer

Maher Legislative Service Elected 2006 Other

Public Service Delegate at Large, 2000 and 2004

Republican National Conventions Religion

Roman Catholic Address 15 Deer Valley Drive,

Hurricane 25526 Telephone 550-4979 H. 926-0075 O. Email

[email protected]


PATTI EAGLOSKI SCHOEN


Republican

Assistant Minority Whip

Attorney and Small Business Owner Born in

Stambaug, Michigan, the daughter of Norbert and

Margaret Eagloski Education Charleston Catholic

High School; B.S., B.A., West Virginia University;

J.D., West Virginia University College of Law

Husband Charles F. Schoen Children Rebecca

and David Affiliations Putnam Chamber of

Commerce; American Bar Association; West

Virginia Bar Association; Michigan Bar

Association; Phi Delta Phi; Kappa Delta; National Rifle Association; Veteran

of Foreign Wars Auxiliary - Life Member; Putnam County 4-H Foundation;

Putnam County Republican Club; Putnam County Federation of Republican

Women; Former Director, West Virginia Mental Health Consumers Association

Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006 Legislative Positions Held Assistant

Minority Vice Chair, Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources, 77th

Legislature Religion Roman Catholic Address P.O. Box 428, Scott Depot

25560.


FIFTEENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Portions of Cabell and Lincoln Counties]

KEVIN J. CRAIG

15th District, Cabell County

Democrat


Pensions and Retirement

Vice President of Business Development Born

July 28, 1968, the son of John A. and Celine M.

Craig Education University of Notre Dame,

BBA.; Georgia Southern University, MBA Wife

Rebecca L. Melton Children Rebecca Celine,

John Herbert Affiliations Board of Directors,

Branches Domestic Violence Shelter; Board of

Directors, Big Brother’s/Big Sisters’ Endowment; Tri-State Area Council, Boy

Scouts of America; Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion Post

#139; Beta Gamma Sigma Honorary Business Organization; Marshall

University’s Big Green Scholarship Foundation; Association of the United

States Army; Golden Horseshoe Society; Democratic Legislative Council;

League of Women Voters; Cabell County Democratic Women’s Club; NAACP;

NRA; BPOE; Board of Directors, Cammack Children’s Center; Make A Wish

Foundation; The Marshall Artists Series Legislative Service Elected to the

House, 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on

Veteran’s Affairs, 75th Legislature; Member, West Virginia Council for

Community and Economic Development and Joint Commission for Economic

Development, 75th and 76th Legislatures; Vice Chair, Committee on Pensions

and Retirement, 76th Legislature; Vice Chair, Committee on the Judiciary, 77th

Legislature Other Public Service Recipient, the U.S. Army Meritorious Service

Medal and the Army Commendation Medal Religion Roman Catholic Military

Service Captain, U.S. Army Address 34 Chestnut Dr., Huntington 25705

Telephone 522-5757 O. 522-6734 H. Email [email protected] Website:

www.kevinjcraig.com


CAROL MILLER


Republican

Businesswoman/Owner, Swann Ridge Bison Farm

Born November 4, 1950, in Columbus, Ohio, the

daughter of Ohio Congressman Samuel l. Devine

and Betty Devine Education Bexley High School;

B.S., Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina

Husband Matt F. Miller Children Chris, Sam

Affiliations Member, Milton Rotary Club; Cabell

County Farm Bureau; Musical Arts Guild; NRA;

West Virginia Federation of Republican Women; Huntington Cabell Republican

Women; Past Chairman, Cabell County Republican Executive Committee

Legislative Service Elected 2006 Other Public Service Member of the Board,

Marshall University Society of Yeager Scholars; Member of the Board, West

Virginia Commission for the Arts; Member of the Board, Communities in

Schools; Past Board Member, Marshall University Artist Series Religion Fifth

Avenue Baptist Church Address 1316 12th Street, Huntington 25701 Telephone

697-6540 H.


JAMES HANLY MORGAN


Democrat

Chairman, Committee on

Government Organization

Former Owner, Stadium Bookstore; Retired Born

December 5, 1937, in Huntington, West Virginia,

the son of Hanly and Mary Ann Morgan

Education West Virginia University, B.S. Wife

Elizabeth Ainslie Children James III, Robert,

William, Ainslie Affiliations Treasurer, Stella

Fuller Settlement; Board Member, West Virginia

Retail Association; Greater Huntington Chamber of Commerce; City of

Huntington Foundation; Cammack Children’s Center; Past President,

Huntington Symphony Orchestra Association; Director, Huntington Rotary

Club; Inland Mutual Insurance Company; Treasurer and Board Secretary,

Huntington Clinical Foundation; Treasurer, Trinity Episcopal Church; Licensed

Lay Episcopal Preacher and Eucharistic Minister Legislative Service Elected

1988-1990; Appointed February 23, 2001, to fill a vacancy created by the

resignation of Arley Johnson; Elected 2002-2006 Legislative Positions Held

Chairman, Committee on Forest Management Review, 76th and 77th

Legislatures Other Public Service Appointed to Cabell County Commission,

1973; elected 1974-76; Member-Treasurer, Cabell County Democratic

Executive Committee Religion Trinity Episcopal Church Address P.O. Box

117, Huntington 25706 Telephone 634-9470 Cell 523-6120 H.


SIXTEENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Portions of Cabell and Wayne Counties]

DOUG REYNOLDS


Democrat

Attorney Born February 8, 1976, in Huntington,

West Virginia, the son of Marshall and Shirley

Reynolds Education B.A., Duke University; J.D.,

West Virginia University College of Law Wife

Maria Asebes Children Marshall, Grant

Affiliations United Way of River Cities; Boys and

Girls Club of Huntington; YMCA; Marshall Artist

Series; City of Huntington Foundation Legislative

Service Elected 2006 Religion Baptist Address

703 Fifth Avenue, Huntington 25701 Telephone

522-9200 H. 634-1546 O.

DALE STEPHENS


Democrat


Roads and Transportation

Businessman/School Bus Operator Born

November 23, 1959, in Huntington, West Virginia,

the son of Paul and Edith Marshall Stephens

Education Wayne High School; B.S., Marshall

University Affiliations Member, Huntington

Museum of the Arts; Laborers Local 1353; Elks

313; Barboursville Moose; Barboursville Lions

Club; Huntington Sons of the American Legion, Post 16; WVEA-NEA; Friends

of Cabell County Library; NRA; National Association of Public Transportation

(NAPT); IOOF; Huntington Lodge #53, AF&AM Legislative Service Elected

2000; 2004-2006 Other Public Service Treasurer, Huntington Municipal

Development Authority; Executive Board Member, Cabell County Community

Senior Organization; Board Member, Cabell County 911 Emergency Board

Religion Protestant Address P.O. Box 9006, Huntington 25704 Telephone

525-5449.


KELLI SOBONYA


Republican

Realtor and Business Owner Born July 13, 1963,

in Ironton, Ohio, the daughter of Curt and Becky

Davis Education Ambridge High School; Institute

of Computer Management, Pittsburgh; REDC Real

Estate Development Center Husband Ed Sobonya

Children Andrew and Abby Affiliations Member,

Rotary; Beta Sigma Phi; NRA; National

Association of Realtors; Government Affairs

Committee, West Virginia Association of Realtors;

Harley Owners Group; Small Business Survival

Committee; West Virginia Public Policy Council; Chair, Public Affairs

Committee, Barboursville Women’s Club; Board of Directors, C.I.S.

Communities in Schools; West Virginia Federation of Republican Women;

Huntington-Cabell County Republican Women; Past Chairperson and

Legislative Committee Member, Huntington Board of Realtors; Founding

Sponsor, Cabell-Midland High School Teenage Republicans; Founder,

CCCAGE; Advisory Board, WV Habitat for Humanity Legislative Service

Elected 2002-2006 Other Public Service Appointed by Cabell County

Commission, two terms, E-911 Advisory Board Religion Church of Christ

Address P.O. Box 367, Barboursville 25504 Telephone 733-9169 H. 736-

0211 O.


SEVENTEENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Wayne County]

DON C. PERDUE

17th District, Wayne County

Democrat

Chairman, Committee on

Health and Human Resources

Pharmacist Born November 12, 1949, in Kenova,

West Virginia, son of Wendell C. and Mary B.

Perdue Education B.S. Marshall University; B.S.

Ohio Northern University Wife Mary Jo Dudek

Children Erin Colleen, Sean Patrick Affiliations

Member, Freemasons; APHA; NACDS; WVGBA;

SWVPHA; WVCAP Legislative Service Elected 1998-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Health and Human Resources, 75th

Legislature; Chairman, Committee on Health and Human Resources, 76th and

77th Legislatures Other Public Service President, Wayne County Concerned

Citizens; Board Member, Wayne County Economic Development Council,

Bison Board of Directors; Board of Directors, Stepping Stones Religion

Protestant Address Rt. 1, Box 98, Prichard 25555 Telephone 740-886-5579

O. 486-5173 H.


RICHARD THOMPSON

17th District, Wayne County

Democrat

Speaker

Attorney Born October 2, 1952 in Louisa,

Kentucky, the son ot Christine Webb and the late

Richard Thompson Education Marshall

University, B.S.; J.D., West Virginia University

College of Law Wife Beth Chambers Children

Richard Wesley, Rachel F. Bailey, Wade D., Dalton

A. Affiliations Member, West Virginia State Bar;

West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; American

Trial Lawyers Association; NRA; American Legion Post 93 Legislative Service

Elected to the House, 1980; 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice

Chairman, Legislative Rule Making Review Committee, 76th Legislature;

CoChair, Committee on Parks and Recreation, 77th Legislature Other Public

Service Former Assistant Prosecuting Attorney; Chairman, Workers’

Compensation Appeal Board Religion Baptist Military Service U. S. Army,

1972-1974 Address 4625 Rt. 152, Lavalette 25535 Telephone 522-8699 O.

523-5658 H.


EIGHTEENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Boone County]

LARRY W. BARKER

18th District, Boone County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Committee on Insurance

Chief Deputy Clerk, Boone County Clerk’s Office

Born March 31, 1946, in Madison, West Virginia,

the son of Edwin and Lola Barker Education Scott

High School; Bob Jones University Wife Sandra

F. Napier Children Michelle, Diane, James

Affiliations Member, American Legion, Post #87;

Madison Moose Lodge #2130; National Honor

Society, 1963-64; Part-time Employee, WZAC, FM Radio, 1981-2004

Legislative Service Elected 2004-2006 Other Public Service 25 Years Chief

Deputy Clerk, County Clerk’s Office; Boone County Democratic Executive

Committee; Former Member, Board of Directors, Boone County Ambulance

Authority Military Service Sergeant E-5, Army National Guard Religion West

Madison Baptist Church Address 212 Second Street, West, Madison 25130

Telephone 369-3367 H. 369-7331 O.

JEFFERY ELDRIDGE

19th District, Lincoln County

Democrat

Co-Chairman, Committee on

Parks and Recreation


Self Employed Born January 13, 1967, in Xeino,

Ohio, the son of James Walter Eldridge Sr., and

Dorothy Sue Hill Education B.A.; M.A. in

Counseling Wife Valerie Jean Brown Children

Joshua Ryan Affiliations Volunteer Coach for

youth basketball programs Legislative Service

Elected 2004-2006 Address 758 Big Ugly Road, Harts 25524 Telephone 855-

0077 H.

NINETEENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Logan County and A Portion of Boone, Lincoln and Putnam Counties]


TED H. ELLIS

19th District, Logan County

Democrat

Teacher/Coach Born October 29, 1940, in Leet,

Lincoln County, West Virginia, the son of Daphney

M. and the late Orville O. Ellis Education Morris

Harvey College (University of Charleston) Wife

Marlene Sue Sansom Children Mark, Tammi,

Eric, Stacy Affiliations Member, University of

Charleston Athletic Hall of Fame; Member, West

Virginia High School Baseball Hall of Fame;

Member, Chapmanville High School Athletic Hall

of Fame Committee; Former Member,

Chapmanville Kiwanis Club; National Rifle Association Legislative Service

Elected 2006 Religion Protestant Address HC 74, Box 3027, Chapmanville

25508 Telephone 855-4905 H.

LIDELLA WILSON HRUTKAY


Democrat

Chairwoman, Committee on

Roads and Transportation

Attorney Born November 24, 1960, in

Morgantown, West Virginia, the daughter of Amos

and Bertha Wilson Education B.S., West Virginia

University, J.D., Ohio Northern University

Children Gregory James Affiliations Member,

American Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar;

Order of the Eastern Star; West Virginia Federation of Democratic Women;

Women Legislators Lobby (WILL); Women in Government; Sustaining

Member, National Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives;

Listed in Who’s Who In America Legislative Service Elected 2000-2006

Legislative Positions Held Vice Chairman, Committee on Banking and

Insurance, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service Member, Logan

County Landuse Planning Committee Religion Protestant Address P.O. Box

216, Logan 25601 Telephone 752-2726 H.


RALPH M. RODIGHIERO


Democrat

United Parcel Service Delivery Driver Born May

26, 1963, in Logan, West Virginia, the son of Ralph

C. and Myrtle Rodighiero Education Logan High

School Wife Terri Meadows Children Rafael and

Dominic Affiliations International Brotherhood

of Teamsters; Gideons International; Working to

Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect (W.E.C.A.N.

Program Volunteer), Member of The First Baptist

Church of McConnell, Church Youth Programs

Volunteer Legislative Service Elected 2006 Religion Baptist Address 142

Sayer Circle, Logan 25601 Telephone 752-8076 H. 784-8881O.


TWENTIETH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Mingo and Wayne Counties]

K. STEVEN KOMINAR

20th District, Mingo County

Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Insurance

Businessman Born May 3, 1946, in Newark, Ohio,

son of the late Steven M. Kominar and Dorothy L.

Kominar Education Ohio State University;

University of Maryland Wife Mary Ann Preece

Children Jason S. (deceased), Ashley A.

Affiliations Board of Directors, Tug Valley

Chamber of Commerce; Member, West Virginia

Motor Truck Association; Finance Committee, Kermit United Methodist

Church; Advisory Council, Mingo County Adult Education Association; Kermit

Lodge #167 AF&AM, Scottish Rite Mason; Shriner; Board of Directors, Mingo

County Redevelopment Authority; Mingo County Read-Aloud Program;

Williamson Kiwanas; NRA; DLC Legislative Service Elected 1994; Appointed

December 6, 1996, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Grant Preece;

Elected 1998-2006 Legislative Positions Held Assistant Majority Whip, 74th

75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures; Vice Chair, Committee on Constitutional

Revision, 74th Legislature; Chair, Committee on Redistricting, 75th Legislature;

Vice Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, 76th Legislature Military Service

U.S. Air Force Religion Methodist Address P. O. Box 753, Kermit 25674

Telephone 393-3017 H.


HARRY KEITH WHITE

21st District, Mingo County

Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Finance

Businessman Born February 5, 1946, in

Huntington, West Virginia Education Marshall

University, B.B.A. Wife Phyllis Riffe Affiliations

Member, Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of

Foreign Wars; American Legion; BPOE; LOOM;

Kiwanis; Mason; Scottish Rite; 32nd Degree

Shriner; Chairman, West Virginia Bankers

Association, 2004-06; Recipient, 2006 Mingo County Democrat of the Year

Award Legislative Service Appointed September 11, 1992, to fill vacancy

created by the resignation of Jim Reid; Elected 1992; 1996-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Banking, 75th Legislature; Chairman,

Committee on Insurance, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service

Former Member, Gilbert Town Council Military Service Lieutenant, U.S.

Navy; Combat Pilot, Vietnam; Awarded Two Distinguished Flying Crosses for

heroism Religion Presbyterian Address P. O. Box 1985, Gilbert 25621

Telephone 664-3535 O. 664-3374 H.

TWENTY-FIRST DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of McDowell and Mingo Counties]


TWENTY-SECOND DELEGATE DISTRICT[Wyoming County and Portions of McDowell and Mercer Counties]

D. RICHARD BROWNING

22nd District, Wyoming County

Democrat


Economic Development and Small Business

Executive Director Born November 14, 1952, in

Mallory, West Virginia, the son of the late Oley

and Kathleen Browning Education Marshall

University, A.B.; West Virginia University, M.A;

University of West Virginia College of Graduate

Studies, M.A. Wife Delores Cook Children Shea

Richard, Joseph Dale, Maria Caroline Affiliations Member, WV Society of

Association Executives; Board of Directors, Hatfield McCoy Regional

Recreational Authority; Former Member and Chairman, Southern West Virginia

Community and Technical College Board of Advisors; Board of Directors,

National Coal Heritage Area Authority; Board of Directors, Hospice of Southern

West Virginia Legislative Service Elected to the House, 1988-1994; 2000-

2006 Legislative Positions Held Chairman, Joint Committee on Pensions and

Retirement, 70th and 71st Legislatures; Vice Chairman, Committee on

Constitutional Revision, 70th Legislature; Vice Chairman, Committee on

Finance, 71st and 72nd Legislatures; Member, Council of Finance and

Administration, 72nd Legislature; Legislative Oversight Commission on

Educational Accountability, 71st and 72nd Legislature; Chairman, Committee

on Homeland Security, 76th Legislature; Assistant Majority Whip; Chairman,

Committee on Enrolled Bills, 77th Legislature Other Public Service Member,

Wyoming County Democratic Executive Committee, 1989-90; Goveror’s Public

Retirement Task Force, 1990; Coal Highways Interim Committee, 1990

Religion Roman Catholic Address P.O. Box 158, Oceana 24870 Telephone

732-6707 O. 682-4643 H.


MICHAEL PATRICK BURDISS

22nd District, Wyoming County

Democrat

Retired Born April 8, 1943, in Beckley, West

Virginia, the son of Charles William and Gertrude

Davis Burdiss Education Mullens High School;

Marietta-Cobb Vocational Technical School Wife

Patricia Plymale Walls Children Deedra Ann,

Michael Jeffery, Melissa Lee Affiliations Vice

Commander, American Legion Post 106; Trustee,

Loyal Order of the Moose, 750; Life Member,

Vietnam Veterans, Chapter 628, Princeton;

Recipient, Distinguished West Virginia Award;

Commissioned, Kentucky Colonel Legislative Service Elected 2006 Other

Public Service Judicial Investigation Committee, West Virginia Supreme Court;

Member, West Virginia Humanities Council; Board of Directors, Goodwill

Industries; Legislative Director, United Mine Workers of America Military

Service U.S. Air Force, 1961-65 Religion Methodist Address P.O. Box 40,

Mullens 25882 Telephone 294-4491 H. 932-5088 O.


CLIFTON MOORE

23rd District, McDowell County

Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Banking


Administrator Born February 15, 1949, in Thorpe,

West Virginia, the son of former House of

Delegates member Ernest C. Moore and Mittie E.

Moore Education B.A., West Virginia State

College; M.A. and Ph.D., Kennedy Western

University Children Ebon, Melita, Amber, Adrian

Affiliations Board Member, Big Creek People in

Action; Area Agency on Aging; West Virginia Citizens Conservation Corps

Legislative Service Elected 2004-2006 Other Public Service Member, West

Virginia Library Commission; West Virginia Welcome Home Committee; West

Virginia Minority Business Development Council Religion Protestant Address

P.O. Box 67, Thorpe, WV 24888 Telephone 448-2838 H.

TWENTY-THIRD DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of McDowell County]


TWENTY-FOURTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Mercer County]

EUSTACE FREDERICK

24th District, Mercer County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Commission on

Interstate Cooperation

Consulting Mining Engineer Born August 29, 1930,

in Switchback, West Virginia, son of the late John

and Annie Frederick Education Virginia

Polytechnic Institute, B.S.; Columbia University

Wife Frances Evelyn Quesenberry (deceased)

Children Eustace III, Carrie Ann Affiliations

Board of Directors, First Century Bank of Bluefield; Board of Directors,

Bluefield State College Foundation, Inc.; Member, Fincastle and Princeton

Elks Country Clubs; Governor’s Division of Energy Advisory Board; Recipient,

Distinguished Alumni Award, VPI; College of Engineering Committee of 100,

VPI; 1992 Distinguished Service Award, VPI College of Engineering; Omicron

Delta Kappa; Sigma Gamma Epsilon; Burkhart Award, Virginia Tech; 1994

Professional Coal Mining Health, Safety and Research Award; Former West

Virginia Sports Great, 1963; Recipient, West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame, 2006

Legislative Service Appointed October 17, 1993, to fill vacancy created by

the resignation of William G. Carper, Jr.; Elected 1994-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Economic Development and Small

Business, 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service Board of

Directors, Mercer County School Board; Teachers Compensation Task Force;

West Virginia Coal Commission; Inducted into Virginia Tech Academy of

Engineering of Excellence, April 22, 2004, one of only 45 graduates out of

40,000 who have received this high honor Military Service Air Force Religion

Orthodox Christian Address 611 Mountain View Avenue, Bluefield 24701

Telephone 325-6676.


MARSHALL C. LONG


Democrat

Chairman, Joint Committee on Technology

Family Physician Born May 30, 1953, in

Huntington, West Virginia, the son of Herman

Russell and Rethal Osborn Long. Education B.S.,

Marshall University; D.O., West Virginia School

of Osteopathic Medicine Wife Sheila Dawn Cook

Children Gregory Marshall, Angela Dawn,

Patricia Rosanne, Cerena Jo Long, Jacob Charles

and Richard Joel Blankenship Affiliations

Member, American Osteopathic Association; Associates of Viet Nam Veterans

of America; Marshall University Alumni Association; Big Green Scholarship

Foundation; NRA; West Virginia State Medical Association; Mercer County

Medical Society; Life Member, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Alumni Association; Associate Member, American Society of Clinical

Pathologists; Past President, West Virginia Chapter of Osteopathic Family

Physicians Legislative Service Appointed September 17, 2002, to fill vacancy;

Elected 2002-2006 Legislative Positions Held Chairman, Joint Committee on

Technology, 77th Legislature Other Public Service Medical Director, Mercer

County E-911 Military Service U.S. Army Religion Methodist Address 105

Hedge Street, Princeton 24740 Telephone 487-1780 H. 487-5854 O.

TWENTY-FIFTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Mercer County]

THOMAS MIKE PORTER


Republican

Self Employed Born May 10, 1941, in Lashmeet,

West Virginia, the son of Jack and Maggie Porter

Wife Ruth Hedrick Children Mike Jr. Education

Matoka High School, West Virginia Institute of

Technology, Concord College Legislative Service

elected 2004-2006 Military Service United States

Army Religion Presbyterian Address 238 Maple

Acre Road, Princeton 24740 Telephone 425-5494

H. 425-5494 O.


VIRGINIA MAHAN

27th District, Summers County

Democrat

Chair, Equal Pay Commission

Consultant Born January 12, 1949, in Jonesboro,

Arkansas, the daughter of Frank D. and Mae Crum

Education Arkansas State University Husband

Jon N. Mahan Affiliations Member, Business &

Professional Women, USA, WV & Hinton

Chapters; West Virginia Federation of Democratic

Women; American Cancer Society, Summers

County; Friends of Summers County Library;

West Virginia Association of Women Highway Safety Leaders; Associate

Member, Communications Workers of America; Founding Co-Chair, West

Virginia Legisltive Child Welfare Caucus; Recipient, West Virginia Women’s

Commission Guardian Angel Award, 2003 and Celebrate Women Award 2006

Woman of the Year in Government; Stennis Center for Southern Women in

Public Service 2007 Conference Pacesetter Legislative Service Elected 1996-

2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Banking &

Insurance, 74th Legislature; Vice Chair, Forest Management Review

Commission, 74th Legislature; Chair, Legislative Rule-Making Review, 75th,

76th and 77th Legislatures; Chair, Select Committee on Children and Juvenile

Issues; First Woman Delegate appointed to Joint Committee on Government

and Finance Other Public Service Legislative Member, Help America Vote

Act Commission; Member, Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency and

Correction Religion Christian Address P. O. Box 1114, Green Sulphur Springs

25966 Telephone 466-4980.

RICKY DUANE MOYE

27th District, Raleigh County

Democrat

Businessman/School Bus Driver Born December

4, 1956, in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Paul

and Helen Moye Education Public Schools Wife

Aleisa Bailey Children Ricky, Brent, Catherine

Affiliations Member, National Rifle Association;

Raleigh County School Service Personnel

Association, Transportation Representative

Legislative Service Elected 2006 Religion Baptist

Address 125 Waterbug Lane, Crab Orchard 25827

Telephone 255-1185 H. 255-2932 O.


LINDA SUMNER


Republican

Educator Born in Beckley, West Virginia, the

daughter of Lillie and the late Herman Sumner

Education B.A., Morris Harvey College; M.A.

West Virginia University Affiliations Member,

Retired School Employees; Lifetime Member,

West Virginia Education Association; National

Rifle Association; West Virginia Education

Association; Woman’s Club of Beckley; Delta

Kappa Gamma Society; Beckley Civitan Club; Civil Air Patrol: Friends of the

Library; Raleigh County Veteran’s Museum Legislative Service Elected 2002-

2006 Other Public Service 2000 Raleigh County Chairperson, Bush/Cheney

Presidential Election; Former President, Mountaineer Republican Women;

Raleigh County Republican Executive Committee Address 155 Oak Run,

Beckley 25801 Telephone 255-6965 H. 340-3180 O.

RON THOMPSON


Democrat

Licensed Insurance Agent Born November 20,

1966, in Winchester, Virginia, son of Gloria Keaton

Thompson and the late Ronald Mac Thompson

Education Beckley College; B.A., Concord

College Affiliations Board of Directors, Raleigh

County Sheltered Workshop; Board of Directors,

Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce;

Member, American Delegation to the Peoples

Republic of China, 1997 and 1999; Raleigh County

Farm Bureau; N.R.A.; L.O.O.M.; Raleigh County Historical Society; Recipient,

Outstanding Young Men of America, 1996 Legislative Service Elected 1994-

2006 Legislative Positions Held Chairman, Committee on Banking, 73rd,

74th, 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service Member,

Democratic Leadership Council; Former Member, Raleigh County Democratic

Executive Committee; West Virginia Young Democrats; Intern, Congressman

Nick J. Rahall; Senator Robert C. Byrd Military Service Member, Army

National Guard, Brigade HQs Religion Baptist Address 602 Manor Dr.,

Beckley 25801 Telephone 254-9767 O. 252-3314 H. 254-9918 Fax.


THOMAS W. CAMPBELL

28th District, Greenbrier County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Technology

Certified Public Accountant Born May 29, 1961,

in Staunton, Virginia, the son of Newton W. and

Alma Crosier Campbell Education West Virginia

University, BSBAd, Summa Cum Laude Wife

Susan Sharp Affiliations Elder-Authorized Lay

Preacher, Presbyterian Church USA; Member,

BB&T Local Advisory Board; Knights of the

Golden Horseshoe; Read Aloud West Virginia Volunteer; Member, Maxwelton

Ruritan Club; Lewisburg Elks Lodge; West Virginia Society of Certified Public

Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Phi Kappa

Phi; Beta Alpha Psi; Former Treasurer, Lewisburg Foundation, Inc.; Student

Representative, West Virginia University Athletic Council, 1981-83; Past

President, Greenbrier Valley Chapter of WVU Alumni Association; Advisory

Board Member, State Fair of West Virginia; West Virginia Society of the Sons

of the American Revolution - Greenbrier Valley Chapter Legislative Service

Elected 1996-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on

Political Subdivisions, 74th Legislature; Chairman, Committee on Pensions

and Retirement; Chairman, Committee on Technology, 75th and 76th

Legislatures; Chairman, Committee on Education, 77th Legislture Other Public

Service Member, Lewisburg City Council, 1987-93; 1995 to 2000; Participant,

University of Virginia Program of Emerging Political Leaders 1999 Religion

Christian Address P. O. Box 1126, Lewisburg 24901Telephone 793-3976 O.

793-3976 H. Fax 645-5549 web site: www.1wv.org E-mail:

[email protected]

TWENTY-EIGHTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Greenbrier County]


DENNY RAY CANTERBURY JR.

28th District, Greenbrier County

Republican

Born February 19, 1969, in Charleston, West

Virginia, the son of Denny and the late Leona

Canterbury Education University of Chicago,

B.A.; West Virginia University, MBA Affiliations

Member, West Virginia Farm Bureau; West

Virginia Forestry Association; NRA; Eastern

Greenbrier Jaycees Legislative Service Elected

to the House, 2000-2006 Religion Protestant

Address Rt. 2, Box 288, Ronceverte 24970 Telephone 645-6370 H.

TWENTY-NINTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Fayette County and Portions of Clay and Nicholas Counties]

DAVID G. PERRY

29th District, Fayette County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Committee on Banking

Educator Born July 31, 1952 in Oak Hill, West

Virginia, the son of the Reverend Cecil H. Perry

and Virginia B. Perry Education Beckley Junior

College, A.S.; Marshall University, A.B., M.A.

Wife Nancy Ruth Trump Children Angela Perry

Grice, Mindy Perry Harris Affiliations Veteran

educator with 33 years experience, 32 as a

Principal, 14 at Collins Middle School, a West Virginia School of Excellence

and a West Virginia Blue Ribbon School; Member, W.V.E.A. Legislative

Service Elected to the House, 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice

Chairman, Committee on Banking, 76th and 77th Legislatures; Vice Chair,

Oversight Commission on Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority,

77th Legislature Other Public Service Chairman, Fayette County Democratic

Executive Committee; Member, Fayette County Zoning Commission; Fayette

County Chamber of Commerce; Fayette County Sheriff’s Advisory Council;

Fayette County Principal’s Association; Oak Hill Recreation Committee;

Steering Committee, West Virginia Tech Religion Protestant Address 330 East

Martin Ave., Oak Hill 25901 Telephone 465-1302 O. 465-0626 H.


JOHN PINO


Democrat

Chairman, Commission on

Interstate Cooperation

Builder / Contractor Born July 12, 1931, in Mount

Hope, West Virginia, son of Pietro and Santa Pino

Education Public Schools Wife Mary E. Hayes

Children Steve, Kathryn, Joe, Theresa, Cynthia,

Mark, Richard, Angela Affiliations Member,

Lions Club; Knights of Columbus Legislative

Service Elected 1984-86, 1992-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, 72nd Legislature; Speaker Pro Tempore,

73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service Member,

Past Director, Fayette County Business-Development Association; Chair, Board

of Zoning Appeals, City of Oak Hill, 1977 to 1997; Treasurer, Fayette County

Chapter American Red Cross Religion Catholic Address 300 Oyler Avenue,

Oak Hill 25901 Telephone 469-3295 O. 465-0197 H.

MARGARET ANNE STAGGERS


Democrat

Emergency Physician/Paramedic Born January 12,

1945, at Patuxent Naval Air Base, Maryland, the

daughter of the late former Congressman Harley

Staggers and Mary Staggers Education M.D.,

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Husband Robert Alexander Underwood Children

Hawey Aldophus Wells III, Sherry Underwood

Cain Affiliations Past President, West Virginia

Chapter, ACEP; Past Chairman and Member,

National Faculty, West Virginia Chapter, ACLS/AHA; Fellow, American

College Emergency Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians;

Medical Director, EMS Fire Rescue, EOC, Multiple services in Fayette,

Raleigh, Wyoming and Boone Counties Legislative Service Elected 2006

Other Public Service Served as a Delegate to the 1978 Democratic National

Convention, and voted for Robert C. Byrd for President; Adjunct Faculty, MSU

Religion Roman Catholic Address RR3, Box 461A, Fayetteville 25840

Telephone 574-1787 H. 255-3304 O. 574-3332 F.


THIRTIETH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Kanawha County]

JON AMORES

30th District, Kanawha County

Democrat

Banker/Attorney Born September 16, 1964, in

Phoenix, Arizona, the son of Drs. Constantino and

Diana Amores Education Notre Dame, B.A.;

Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, J.D.

Children Trey and Marshall Affiliations

American Council of Young Political Leaders;

Board of Directors, Community Council of

Kanawha Valley, Inc.; Damark, Inc.; Keep a Child

in School, Inc.; West Virginia Center for Dispute Resolution, Inc.; Children’s

Home Society of West Virginia; Capitol Market, Inc.; Wine and All That Jazz

Festival; Fund for the Arts. Fund Distribution Executive Committee, United

Way of Kanawha County. Past-President, American Heart Association,

Kanawha County Division. Member, West Virginia State Bar; Kanawha County

and American Bar Associations; Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution;

Academy of Family Mediators; American Arbitration Association; Leadership

Council on Public Safety; Charleston Chamber of Commerce and Development;

Rotary Club of Charleston Legislative Service Elected 1994-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, 73rd and 74th

Legislatures; Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, 75th and 76th Legislatures

Religion Roman Catholic Address 727 Garvin Ave., Charleston 25302

Telephone 415-4420 C.


BONNIE BROWN


Democrat


Legislative Rule-Making Review

Retired Administrator Born October 5, in San

Francisco, California, the daughter of Thelma

Asbury and Wilbert Wonderley Education Oregon

State University; University of Idaho, Morris

Harvey College, B.A. Husband Gary Brown

Children Mollie, Joel Affiliations Member,

League of Women Voters; West Virginia Society

of Association Executives; Federation of Democratic Women; Charleston Job

Corps Community Relations Council; Community Council, Government

Solution Committee; former Member, South Charleston CVB Board; South

Charleston Area Development Board Legislative Service Elected to the House,

1982-86; 1990-92; 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Chair, Employee

Suggestion Award Board; Chair, Equal Pay Commission, 77th Legislature;

Chair, Legislative Commission on Juvenile Law; Chair, Committee on

Constitutional Revision, 70th and 71st Legislatures; Vice Chair, Committee

on Insurance, 68th Legislature Other Public Service Chair, South Charleston

Human Rights Commission; State Director, Women Legislator’s Lobby; State

Director, Women in Government, Leadership West Virginia; former Member,

South Charleston Sister City Committee; West Virginia Youth Advocate

Program Board; General Federation of Women’s Clubs; NCSL Women’s

Network Religion Episcopalian Address 2328 Woodland Ave., South

Charleston 25303 Telephone 744-4334 H.


NANCY GUTHRIE


Democrat

Owner/President, Capitol City Communications

Born June 15, 1952, in Havre De Grace, Maryland,

the daughter of Donald and Beverly Peoples

Education Pennsylvania State University

Husband George G. Guthrie Affiliations

Member, Board of Directors, West Virginia Export

Council; Associate Member, WVMA; Charleston

Vandalia Rotary Club Legislative Service Elected

2006 Other Public Service Former Aide, Senator

Robert C. Byrd Religion Lutheran Address 5300 Kanawha Avenue, Charleston

25304 Telephone 925-8681 H. 925-4420 O.

BARBARA “Bobbie” HATFIELD


Democrat

Vice Chairwoman, Committee on

Health and Human Resources

Registered Nurse Born in Charleston, West

Virginia, the daughter of Fred and Barbara Wade

Burruss Education R.N., Presbyterian Hospital

School of Nursing, Charlotte, North Carolina

Children Kandi Dole, Kim Schuman, Scott

Schuman Affiliations Member, University

Women; West Virginia Nurses Association;

Charleston Women’s Forum; Concerned Nurses for Public Safety; Organization

of Women Legislators; West Virginia Federation of Democratic Women; Drema

Dems; Adjunct Professor, College of West Virginia, Beckley Legislative Service

Elected 1984-88; 1998-2006 Legislative Positions Held Chair, Committee on

Health and Human Resources, 69th Legislature; Vice Chair, Committee on

Health and Human Resources, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service

Member, Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board; Consultant for developing

and improving rural health care; Member, West Virginia Democratic Executive

Committee; Delegate to Democratic Convention, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2004;

Apointee, State Mental Health Planning Commission Religion First

Presbyterian Address #3 Wilbur Dr., South Charleston 25303 Telephone 744-

9898 H.


COREY J. PALUMBO


Democrat

Attorney Born August 16, 1972, in Charleston,

West Virginia, the son of former Senator Mario J.

Palumbo and Louise Corey Palumbo Education

George Washington High School; B.S., West

Virginia University; University of North Carolina

School of Law Wife Cristin Meredith Palumbo

Children Riley Meredith and Mario James

Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on

Legislative Rule-Making Review, 77th Legislature Religion Lutheran Address

600 Quarrier Street, Charleston 25301 Telephone 347-1781 O. 746-7933 H.


SHARON SPENCER


Democrat


Pensions and Retirement


Public Relations; Executive Director, Sharon

Spencer and Associates; Educator Born October

10, 1947, the daughter of Sherwood M. and Norma

Spencer Husband Gary Spencer Children Gary

Jr., James Sherwood, Mindi, Kimberly, Jennifer,

Lizz, Matt Education University of Charleston,

A.B., West Virginia Graduate College, M.A.+; West Virginia University,

Doctorial Studies Affiliations Member, Kanawha Amateur Radio Club; West

Virginia Outstanding Amateur Operator of the Year, 2001; ARRL; Kanawha

Amateur Radio Emergency Services; League of Women Voters; National Order

of Women Legislators; Former Member, West Virginia Adolescent Pregnancy

Task Force; West Virginia Task Force on Children With Special Needs;

Recipient, National Association for the Deaf, Golden Hand Award; West Virginia

Association for the Deaf, Certificate of Honor; West Virginia Society for Autistic

Children Leadership Award; West Virginia Speech, Language and Hearing

Association Award for Outstanding Service; National Organization on Disability

Award, 1998 Other Public Service Member, Kanawha County Democratic

Executive Committee; West Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee;

Former Board Member, Learning Disabilities Association; Fomer Board

Member, Lawrence Frankel Foundation Legislative Service Elected 1982;

1986-92; 1996-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on

Roads and Transportation, 69th Legislature; Vice Chair, Committee on Industry

and Labor, 70th Legislature; Chair, Committee on Industry and Labor, 71st

Legislature; Assistant Majority Whip, 74th, 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures;

Chair, Committee on Enrolled Bills, 76th Legislature Address 1013 Pine Road,

Charleston 25314 Telephone 345-7099 H. Fax 965-7753 Cell 552-8353 Email:

[email protected]


DANNY WELLS


Democrat

Co-Chairman, Committee on

Parks and Recreation

Retired Sports Editor, Charleston Gazette; Teacher

Born March 15, 1940, in Charleston, West

Virginia, the son of the late Linwood T. and Virginia

B. Wells Education Charleston High School;

B.S.J., West Virginia University Wife Sandy

O’Shea Children Shea, Shannon Affiliations

Chairman, Charleston Distance Run, 10 years;

Recipient, West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year, 1980, 1991, 1993; Co-host

weekly radio talk show, WBES Legislative Service Elected 2004-2006 Religion

Methodist Address 34 Bridlewood Road, Charleston 25314 Telephone 344-

4778 H.


THIRTY-FIRST DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Kanawha County]

CARRIE WEBSTER

31st District, Kanawha County

Democrat

Chairwoman, Committee on the Judiciary

Attorney/Bucci, Bailey and Javins, LC Born

January 17, 1966, in Fairfax, Virginia, the daughter

of Ada Kay Cleaver and Buddy Webster

Education West Virginia University B.A.; West

Virginia University College of Law, J.D. Husband

Greg Skinner Children Katherine Elizabeth

Affiliations West Virginia State Bar; State

Weatherization Policy Advisory Board; Board of Directors, West Virginia

University Kanawha Valley Alumni Association; Board of Directors, West

Virginia University Political Science Advisory Board; West Virginia Young

Democrats; State and Kanawha Federation of Democratic Women; Mountain

Honorary; Delta Delta Delta National Sorority; Recipient, Public Interest

Advocate Legal Fellowship, 1998; Recipient, Judith Herndon Student

Fellowship, 1987; Recipient, George Seibert Memorial Scholarship for Public

Affairs, 1988; Student Body Vice President, West Virginia University, 1988-

89 Legislative Service Elected to House 2000-2006 Legislative Positions

Held Vice Chair, Committee on Constitutional Revision, 77th Legislature Other

Public Service Administrative Assistant, West Virginia Association of County

Officials, 1989; Executive Assistant and Press Secretary, Office of the Attorney

General, 1989-90; Executive Director, West Virginia Democratic State

Executive Committee; 1990-94; Former State President, West Virginia Young

Democrats, 1990-92; State Arrangements Chair, 1992 Democratic National

Convention; State Coordinator, 1993 Presidential Inauguration; Assistant

Kanawha County Public Defender, 1997-2000; Trustee, Attorney General

Consumer Protection Trust Fund, 1999-2000; Member, YWCA Board of

Directors, 2002-2004 Religion Methodist Address 1539 Lee St. East,

Charleston 25311 Telephone 345-0346 O. 342-1013 H. Email

[email protected]


TIM ARMSTEAD

32nd District, Kanawha County

Republican

Minority Leader

Attorney Born February 26, 1965, in Charleston,

West Virginia, the son of James E. and Myrtle

Huffman Armstead Education B.A., University of

Charleston; J.D., West Virginia University College

of Law Wife Anna Thomas Children Kathleen Ann

Affiliations Member, West Virginia Archives and

History Commission, 1990-94; Leadership, West

Virginia, 1997; President, West Virginia Historical Society, 1990-94; General

Counsel and Parliamentarian, West Virginia Republican State Executive

Committee, 1995-97 Legislative Service Appointed September, 1998 to fill

vacancy created by the death of Dick Henderson; Elected 1998-2006 Other

Public Service Press Assistant, Office of the Governor, 1985-88; Executive

Assistant to Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor, 1997-98; Law Clerk, U.S.

District Judge David A. Faber, 1991-94; Southern Growth Policies Board, 1998-

Present Religion Baptist Address 5012 Elk River Road, Elkview 25071

Telephone 357-3839 O. 965-5169 H.

THIRTY-SECOND DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Kanawha County]

PATRICK LANE


Republican

Lawyer/Mediator Born March 12, 1975, in

Clarksburg, West Virginia, the son of Glen and

Katheryn Lane Education Honors graduate,

Lincoln High School; B.A., Cum Laude, Concord

College; J.D., West Virginia University School of

Law Wife Sara Children Morgan Affiliations

Member, Knights of Columbus; St. Thomas Moore

Catholic Lawyers Society; Former Herndon

Fellowship legislative intern, 1996 Legislative

Service Elected 2004-2006 Other Public Service Commissioner, Kanawha

County Parks and Recreation Board Religion Catholic Address 94 Presidio

Pointe, Cross Lanes 25313 Telephone 391-5859


RONALD N. WALTERS


Republican

President, R. N. Walters & Associates Born June

29, 1950, in Washington, D.C., the son of Harry

Neal and Betty Link Walters Education University

of Michigan, B.S.; Willets Institute NY; Wharton

School, University of Pennsylvania Wife Debra

Cantees Children Ronald N. Jr., Christopher

Affiliations Member, Chamber of Commerce;

NSSTA; NRA; ANA; WV Small Business Owner;

Former Instructor, Fairmont State College in

Economics; Former Congressional Intern, Congressman Richard Poff, Virginia

Legislative Service Elected 1992-96; Reelected 2000-2006 Religion Lutheran

Address P.O. Box 3665, Charleston 25336 Telephone 346-4823 O. 776-7681

H.

THIRTY-THIRD DELEGATE DISTRICT[Calhoun County and A Portion of Clay and Gilmer Counties]

WILLIAM “Bill” STEMPLE

33rd District, Calhoun County

Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Agriculture

Land Agent Born the son of Wallace D. and Gladys

Stemple Education Public Schools Wife Nancy

C. Lane Children Wallace F. Legislative Service

Elected 1996-2006 Legislative Positions Held

Assistant Majority Whip, 74th, 75th, 76th and 77th

Legislatures; Chairman, Committee on Natural

Resources, 77th Legislature; Chairman, Interstate

Cooperation Committee and Forest Management

Review Commission, 75th Legislature; Chairman, Committee on Agriculture,

76th Legislature Other Public Service Captain, Kingwood City Police; Deputy

Sheriff, Calhoun County; Sheriff, Calhoun County, 1989-1996; Emergency

Services Director, Calhoun County; LEPC Chairman, Calhoun County; Board

of Directors, Calhoun County Senior Center Military Service Six Years Active

Duty, U. S. Army; Four Years U.S. Army Reserve; Three Combat Tours, South

Vietnam, 1966-1969; Staff Sergeant, Infantry Religion Baptist Address HC

50, Box 380-A, Arnoldsburg 25234 Telephone 655-7668 H.


THIRTY-FOURTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Braxton County and a Portion of Gilmer County]

L. BRENT BOGGS

34th District, Braxton County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Committee on Finance

Railroad Engineer Born December 18, 1955, in

Fairmont, West Virginia, the son of Charles D. and

Ethel M. Westfall Boggs Education Glenville State

College, A.S. Wife Jean Ann Walker Children

Jessica, Justin Affiliations Member, Masons;

Scottish Rite Bodies; Beni Kedem Shrine;

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; NRA; West

Virginia Farm Bureau; Board of Directors,

Mountaineer Food Bank; Board of Trustees, Braxton County Memorial

Hospital; President, Board of Directors, Gilmer-Braxton Technology Research

Zone; Board of Directors, Appalachian Area Agency on Aging: Braxton County

Gun Owners Association; Sons of American Legion Legislative Service


Agriculture, 74th, 75th and 76th Legislatures; Chairman, Committee on

Roads and Transportation, 77th Legislature Other Public Service Former

Member, Braxton County Democratic Executive Committee Religion

Gassaway Baptist Church Address 151 Park St., Gassaway 26624 Telephone

364-8411 O. 364-8305 H.


THIRTY-FIFTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Nicholas County]

SAM J. ARGENTO

35th District, Nicholas County

Democrat


Natural Resources


Retired, Nicholas County Health Department; Self

Employed Born October 23, 1942, the son of

Angelo and Sarah Argento Education B.A., West

Virginia Institute of Technology Wife Connie

Criniti Children Maria Argento Fox, Mary Agnes,

Vince Affiliations Member, Knights of Columbus;

NRA Legislative Service Elected 2004-2006 Other Public Service Former

Chairman, Nicholas County Solid Waste Authority; Past President, West Virginia

Public Health Association; Past President, West Virginia Association of

Sanitarians; Board of Directors, Nicholas County Senior Center; Board of

Directors, Seneca Health Services; Board of Directors, Summersville Memorial

Hospital Religion Catholic Address 2304 Old Nicholas Road, Mt. Nebo 26679

Telephone 872-4540 H. 872-4540 O.


JOSEPH B. TALBOTT

36th District, Webster County

Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources

Retired Born January 23, 1933, in Webster

Springs, West Virginia, the son of William R. and

Opal Jarvis Talbott and the grandson of W. T.

Talbott, first elected to the House of Delegates in

1897 Education B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan;

M.A., West Virginia Wesleyan Wife Sue Legg

Children Kelli Talbott, Sherri Wong, son-in-law,

Robert Wong and grandsons, Joe and Jeff Wong

Affiliations Member, Lions Club; Sportsman Club; Retired Teachers Asso-

ciation; Marine Corps League; NRA Legislative Service Elected 1992; 1994;

2002-2006. Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Constitu-

tional Revision, 72nd Legislature; Chairman, Committee on Constitutional

Revision, 77th Legislature Other Public Service West Virginia Private Indus-

try Council; West Virginia State Job Training Council Military Service United

Stated Marine Corps Religion Methodist Address 148 Webster Ave., Webster

Springs 26288 Telephone 847-2503 H.

THIRTY-SIXTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Webster County and a Portion of Nicholas County]


WILLIAM D. PROUDFOOT

37th District, Randolph County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary

Retired School Administrator/Farmer/Business-

man Born in Buckhannon, West Virginia, son of

William Delmont and Helen Alkire Proudfoot

Education Fairmont State College, B.A.; Marshall

University, M.S.; West Virginia University Wife

Lynn Currence Children William Alexander,

Benjamin Currence, Elizabeth Dorsey Affiliations

Member, West Virginia Cattlemens Association;

Kiwanis; American Legion; Lifetime Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars: NRA;

BPOE; Mason; President, Randolph County Farm Bureau; Retired Teacher’s

Association; Past President, Tygarts Valley Shrine Club; West Virginia Farm

Bureau; Duck’s Unlimited; National Wild Turkey Federaton; Rotary Legislative

Service 1990-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chairman, Committee on

Education, 72nd Legislature; Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, 73rd

Legislature; Chairman, Committee on Political Subdivision, 74th, 75th, 76th

and 77th Legislatures Religion Presbyterian Military Service U. S. Army

Address P.O. Box 2371, Elkins 26241 Telephone 636-7971 H.


THIRTY-EIGHTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Lewis County and a Portion of Upshur County]

DOUGLAS K. STALNAKER

38th District, Lewis County

Democrat

Businessman Born August 19, 1960, in Lewis

County, son of the late Bill and Gerry Kiddy

Education Fairmont State College Wife Sharon

Collins Affiliations Board of Directors, Stonewall

Jackson Memorial Hospital; Selected for the

national program, Governing in the Global Age at

George Washington University; Member, LOOM

1376; Lodge #10, AF&AM; Shriner; Lewis County

Farm Bureau; Rotary; NASO; North American Monument Builders; Selected

for National Program for Emerging Political Leaders, Darden School of

Business, University of Virginia, 1995 Legislative Service Elected 1994-2006

Legislative Positions Held Chairman, Committee on Pensions and Retirement,

77th Legislature Other Public Service Former President, Lewis County

Commission; Religion Methodist Address 568 West 2nd Street, Weston 26452

Telephone 269-5573 O. 269-7612 H.


THIRTY-NINTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Upshur County]

W. D. “BILL” HAMILTON

39th District, Upshur County

Republican

Independent Insurance Agency Owner Born July

14, 1950 in Buckhannon, West Virginia, the son

of the late Winferd W. Hamilton and Mary J.

Hamilton Education Buckhannon-Upshur High

School; Potomac State College; Ohio State Fire

Academy; Investment Institute of Atlanta Wife

Carolyn Sue Winemiller Children D. Shawn and

Jeremy W. Hamilton; James R. Powell, II

Affiliations Member, Franklin Lodge #7 AF&AM; Tennerton Lions Club;

Upshur Sportsmen and Conservation Club; Upshur County Shrine Club; Osiris

Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. of Wheeling, WV; National Wild Turkey Federation;

West Virginia Forestry Association; West Virginia Association of Insurance

and Financial Advisors; Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West

Virginia; Buckhannon Moose Lodge #598; named “2001 Agent of the Year”

by Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia; Lifetime

Member, NRA; 2005 Citizen of the Year, Southern-Upshur Business

Association; Friends of Fidler’s Mill; Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of

Commerce; Upshur County Farm Bureau; Upshur Livestock Association Other

Public Service West Virginia DNR Hunter Safety Instructor, 16 Years

Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006 Religion Sand Run Baptist Church

Address P.O. Box 1192, Buckhannon 26201 Telephone 472-1966 H. 472-

1532 O.


FORTIETH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Barbour County and A Portion of Upshur County]

MARY M. POLING

40th District, Barbour County

Democrat

Chairwoman, Committee on Education

Retired Educator Born November 23, 1946, in

Barbour County, West Virginia, the daughter of

the late Phyllis L. and Boyce L. Daugherty

Education West Virginia University, B.S. and M.

S. Husband William F. (Bucky) Poling Children

William F. (Frank) Jr., Edward L. Affiliations

Member, Barbour County and Upshur County

Chambers of Commerce; Barbour County Development Authority; Life-time

member (retired) West Virginia, Barbour County Education Association and

Association of Retired School Employees; Barbour County Farm Bureau; West

Virginia 4-H All Stars; West Virginia Mathematics Leadership Team; Concerned

Citizens of Barbour County; Junior Lions Club; American Legion Unit 44

Auxiliary Legislative Service Elected to the House 2000-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Industry and Labor, 77th Legislature

Religion Methodist Address RR 1, Box 331, Moatsville, 26405 Telephone

457-2206 H.


FORTY-FIRST DELEGATE DISTRICT[Harrison County and A Portion of Marion County]

SAMUEL J. CANN

41st District, Harrison County

Democrat

Businessman Born January 26, 1954, son of former

House of Delegates member Carmine J. Cann and

Florence Chico Cann Education West Virginia

University, B.A., M.S. Wife Phyllis Mazza

Children Sarah, Sammy Joe, Rebekah, Julia,

Laura Affiliations Past President, Independent Oil

and Gas Association; Regional Advisory Board,

Independent Petroleum Association of America;

Past Board of Directors, Appalachian Energy Group; Board of Directors, West

Virginia Special Olympics; Member, American Association of Landmen;

Knights of Columbus; Columbian Club; Board of Directors, Heritage Bank of

Harrison County; Watter-Smith State Park Foundation; West Virginia Italian

Heritage Festival; Board of Directors, WV Special Olympics; Board of

Directors, West Virginia University Alumni Association Legislative Service


Banking and Insurance, 74th Legislature; Vice Chair, Parks and Recreation

Committee; Chairman, Committee on Small Business and Economic

Development, 76th and 77th Legislatures; Co-Chair, Joint Committee on

Economic Development, 75th and 76th Legislatures Other Public Service

Member, Department of Energy Advisory Board Religion Catholic Address

P. O. Box 1570, Clarksburg 26301 Telephone 627-3020 O. 842-4031 H.


RON FRAGALE


Democrat

Speaker Pro Tempore

Educator Born August 3, 1950, in Clarksburg,

West Virginia, the son of the late Bernard Pete

Fragale and Mildred Fragale Education Davis and

Elkins College, B.A.; West Virginia University,

M.A. Wife Christine Michael Children Veronica

Affiliations Member, Knights of Columbus;

Recipient, 1996 Legislator of the Year, West

Virginia Wildlife Federation; Former head basketball coach, South Harrison

and Washington Irving High Schools Legislative Service Elected to the House,

1990-1996; 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chairman, Committee

on Natural Resources, 72nd and 73rd Legislatures Religion Catholic Address

503 East Main Street, Clarksburg 26301 Telephone 622-3609 H.

RICHARD J. IAQUINTA


Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Veterans Affairs

Teacher, Coach Born August 10, 1946, in

Clarksburg, West Virginia, the son of Flora and

Sam J. Iaquinta II Education Washington Irving

High School; B.S., Fairmont State University;

M.S.E., West Virginia University; Glenville State

University Wife Barbara Joyce Cottrill Children

Christopher James, WVU Graduate Affiliations

Member, Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; Columbia

Club; Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Knights of Columbus; Veterans of

Foreign Wars, Post 73; Y.M.C.A. Basketball Official; Recipient, Big Ten Coach

of the Year; Citizen of the Year; Citizen of the Month; American Legion, Post

13; Chamber of Commerce Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Enrolled Bills, 77th Legislature

Military Service U. S. Army Religion Roman Catholic Address 139 Vermont

Avenue, Clarksburg 26301 Telephone 622-4813 H. 629-1353 O.


TIMOTHY R. MILEY


Democrat

Vice Chairman, Legislative

Rule-Making Review


Lawyer Born April 11, 1966, in Cheverly,

Maryland, the son of Robert and Sandra Miley

Education B.B.A., (Finance), Southern Methodist

University; J.D., Duquesne University Affiliations

President, Harrison County EMS; Member, West

Virginia State Bar; Harrison County Bar

Association; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; American Association

for Justice; Harrison County Chamber of Commerce; Harrison County

Democratic Men’s Club Legislative Service Elected 2004-2006 Religion

Wesleyan Address 23 Valley View Road, Bridgeport 26330 Telephone 848-

0102 H. 326-1800 O 326-1801 F.

FORTY-SECOND DELEGATE DISTRICT[Taylor County and Portions of Marion and Monongalia Counties]

JEFFERY L. TANSILL

42nd District, Taylor County

Republican

Businessman Born May 19, 1963, in Kittery,

Maine, the son of Gary L Tansill and Paula K.

Jeffries Affiliations Life member, NRA; Member,

Grafton Volunteer Fire Department; West

Virginian’s for Life; Civil Air Patrol; Taylor County

Emergency Squad Legislative Service Elected

2004-2006 Other Public Service Mayor, City of

Grafton, one term; Vice Mayor, City of Grafton,

two terms; Grafton City Councilman, two terms;

Vice President, Taylor County Public Library, two terms Religion Christian

Address 1037 West Main St., Grafton 26354 Telephone 265-2273 H.


FORTY-THIRD DELEGATE DISTRICT[Portions of Monongalia and Marion Counties]

MIKE CAPUTO

43rd District, Marion County

Democrat

Majority Whip

United Mine Workers of America International

Representatives Born September 18, 1957, in

Fairmont, West Virginia, son of Frank and Ann

Caputo Education Rivesville High School, Class

of 1975 Wife Christina Thorn Children Jessica,

Joshua Affiliations Member, United Mine

Workers of America; Knights of Columbus;

LOOM; BPO; Elks; Lions Legislative Service

Elected 1996-2006 Legislative Positions Held Chair, Commission on Interstate

Cooperation, 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public Service Member,

Rivesville Town Council Religion Catholic Address 310 Gaston Ave., Fairmont

26554 O. 397 Satterfield St., Rivesville, 26588 H. Telephone 363-7500 O.

278-5419 H.

LINDA LONGSTRETH


Democrat

Vice Chairwoman, Committee on

Veterans Affairs

Administrator/Educator Born in Fairmont, West

Virginia, the daughter of the late Thomas and

Zelma Longstreth Education A. B., Fairmont State

College; M.S., West Virginia University Husband

Michael Stingo Affiliations Member, Marion

County Democratic Women’s Club; V.F.W.;

American Association of Medical Assistants;

Board member, Marion County Public Health Department Legislative Service

Elected 2004-2006 Military Service United States Army Reserves (Medical

Corp.), Staff Sargeant, 1981 Religion Christian Address 804 Ohio Avenue,

Fairmont 26554 Telephone 366-5251 H.


TIM MANCHIN


Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Political Subdivisions

Attorney Born July 6, 1955, in Farmington, West

Virginia, the son of Ann Manchin and the late

Joseph Manchin, Jr. Education Bridgeport High

School, magnum cum laude; B.S. cum laude, West

Virginia University; J.D., West Virginia University

Wife Susan Children Joseph Nathanial Manchin

Affiliations Member, Loyal Order of Moose;

Knights of Columbus; Former President, West Virginia Trial Lawyers

Association; West Virginia Delegate, American Trial Lawyers Association;

Former Board of Directors, City National Bank Legislative Service Appointed

to fill the vacancy created by the death of his uncle, A. James Manchin,

November, 2003; Elected 2004-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair,

Committee on Pensions and Retirement, 77th Legislature Other Public Service

Member of the Board, West Virginia Division of Labor Manufactured Housing,

2000-2003 Religion Roman Catholic Address 1543 Fairmont Ave., Fairmont

26554 Telephone 367-1862 O. 363-5613 H.


FORTY-FOURTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Monongalia County]

ROBERT D. BEACH

44th District, Monongalia County

Democrat

Vice Chairman, Committee on Enrolled Bills

Executive Director/CEO, Garrett College

Foundation Inc. Born July 21, 1959, in

Morgantown, West Virginia, the son of the late

Robert C. Beach, a former member of the House

of Delegates, and Nancy K. Beach-Davis

Education Fairmont State College; Spruce School

of Real Estate Children Jennifer Marie, Melanie

Kay, Courtney Alexandra Affiliations Visitation

Committee Member, WVU Davis School of Agriculture: Member, Hart Field

Coalition; Morgantown Board of Realtors; Wesley United Methodist Church;

West Virginia Board of Realtors; National Association of Realtors; WV Farm

Bureau Legislative Service Appointed to the House of Delegates in May, 1998

to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert C. Beach; Elected to the

House, 2000-2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chairman, Committee on

Natural Resources, 76th Legislature; Chairman, Committee on Agriculture,

Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability, 77th

Legislature Other Public Service Member, Monongalia County Planning

Commission Religion Methodist Address 1238 Van Voorhis Rd., Morgantown

26505 Telephone 598-9293 H. 387-3100 O.


BARBARA EVANS FLEISCHAUER


Democrat


Constitutional Revision

Attorney/Small Business Owner Born September

1, 1953, daughter of Fred J. Fleischauer and

Eleanor Evans Education Allegheny College,

B.A.; West Virginia University School of Law, J.D.

Husband Robert M. Bastress Jr. Children Sarah

Eleanor Evans Bastress, Robert M. Bastress III

Affiliations Member, American Association of University Women; Amnesty

International; Business and Professional Women’s Club; Clinton District

Democratic Women’s Club; Elks; Farm Bureau; League of Women Voters;

Monongalia County Bar Association; Mountain State and West Virginia State

Bar Associations; National Organization for Women; Rotary; Sierra Club;

Stewartstown CEOS; Visiting Committee, WVU Center for Women’s Studies;

West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association; West Virginia State

Democratic Party Executive Committee; Member of the Board, Milan Puskar

Health Right; Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center; Monongalia County

Teen Court; National Youth Sports Project; Read Aloud of Monongalia County;

Valley Health Care System Legisltive Service Elected 1994-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Chair, Committee on Constitutional Revision, 73rd, 74th and

75th Legislatures; Co-Chair, Equal Pay Commission, 74th and 75th Legislature

Other Public Service State Democratic Executive Committee; Monongalia

County Deputy Sheriff’s Civil Service Commission, 1991-1994 Address 235

High St., Suite 618, Morgantown 26505 Telephone 296-7035 O.


CHARLENE JENNINGS MARSHALL


Democrat

Chairwoman, Committee on Economic

Development and Small Business

Retired Data Technician Born September 17, in

Osage, West Virginia, the daughter of Charles

Jennings and Christine J. Cranford Education

Monongalia High School Husband Rogers Leon

Marshall Children Gwendolyn, Rogers Jr., Larry

R. Affiliations Board Member, Morgantown

Theater Company; Boy’s and Girl’s Club of

America; Valley Health Care; Former Member,

West Virginia University School of Nursing Advisory Board; Chair, West

Virginia Human Rights Commission; Past Recording Secretary, Steelworkers

Local 6214; Past Recording Secretary, Monongalia-Preston Labor Council;

Retired Member, Local 814, WVU; Recipient, 1994 Mayor of the Year Award;

1985 WVEA Effie Mayhan Brown Award; 2006 Public Citizen of the Year

Award, WV Bar Association Legislative Service Elected 1998-2002; 2004-

2006 Legislative Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Political

Subdivisions, House Chaplain, 75th Legislature Other Public Service Former

Mayor, City of Morgantown, 1991-1998; Past President, Morgantown

N.A.A.C.P.; Former Member, Red Cross Executive Board; Former Member,

Member Leadership Monongalians First Class, Member, Presidents Visiting

Committee Student Affairs, Recipient, Exceptional Service in the Public Interest

Award, Federal Bureau of Investigation; 2006 Mountain State Bar Award for

Outstanding Citizen; Mountain State Bar Foundation Award for Public Citizen

of the Year Religion Methodist Address 1010 Ashton Drive, Morgantown 26508

Telephone 292-7757 H.


ALEX SHOOK44th District, Monongalia CountyDemocrat

Attorney/Real Estate Developer Born August 20,1969, in Huntington, West Virginia, the son ofJames and Ellen Shook Education B.A., M.S.,West Virginia University; J.D., West VirginiaUniversity College of Law Wife Alicia LegislativeService Elected 2006 Religion Christian Address315 High Street, Morgantown 26505 Telephone685-9094 H. 296-3636 O.

FORTY-FIFTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Preston County]

LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMS

45th District, Preston County

Democrat

Businessman and Farmer Born November 17,

1943, in Grafton, West Virginia, son of Francis and

Mary Williams Education Public and Technical

Schools Wife Doris Bennett Children Kimberly

Abby, Angela Harrison Affiliations Member, Lions

Club; American Legion, George D. Jackson Post

#56 Legislative Service Appointed October 8,

1993 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of

David Miller; Elected 1994-2006 Legislative

Positions Held Assistant Majority Whip 74th, 75th and 76th Legislatures; Chair,

Forest Management Review Commission, 74th Legislature; Vice Chair,

Committee on Education, 75th, 76th and 77th Legislatures Other Public

Service Past President, Preston County Board of Education; Treasurer,

Tunnelton Community Ambulance Service Military Service U.S. Army

Religion Methodist Address Rt. 2, Box 68B, Tunnelton 26444 Telephone 568-

2815 O. 568-4463 H.


FORTY-SIXTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Tucker County and A Portion of Preston County]

STANLEY EARL SHAVER

46th District, Preston County

Democrat

Principal, Fellowsville Elementary School Born

September 8, 1948, in Grafton, West Virginia, the

son of the late Robert E. and Florence M. Shaver

Education Fellowsville High School; B.S.,

Alderson-Broaddus College; M.S., Troy State

University, Alabama; M.A., West Virginia

University; M.A., Education Leadership (1999)

Wife Thelma Pyles Children Treasa and Ashley

Affiliations Member, Aurora Lodge #43, AF&AM;

Epsilon Tau Eta Sigma; NRA; Wild Turkey Hunter and Clinic Instrustor;

Recipient, Teacher of the Year, Preston County School Systems, 2000-2001;

Project Leadership 2002; Principal, Fellowsville Elementary Exemplary School,

2002-2003, 2005-2006 Other Public Service Past President, Fellowsville

Ruritan Club Legislative Service Elected 2000-2002; 2006 Legislative

Positions Held Vice Chair, Committee on Parks and Recreation, 75th

Legislature; Vice Chair, Committee on Veterans Affairs, 76th Legislature

Religion Methodist Military Service U.S. Army Address Rt. 1, Box 47B,

Tunnelton 26446 Telephone 568-2696 H. 892-3866 O.


FORTY-SEVENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Hardy County and a Portion of Pendleton County]

HAROLD K. MICHAEL

47th District, Hardy County

Democrat

Insurance Agent Born October 9, 1943, son of

Merl H. and Flossie V. Michael Education Strayer

School of Finance, Washington, D.C. Wife Patricia

Burns Children Harold K. Jr., Melissa Lee, Brandi

M., Tasha Nichole Affiliations Life Member,

NRA; 32nd Degree Mason; Lions; Hardy County

and Pendleton County Farm Bureaus; Past

President, West Virginia Nationwide Insurance

Agents; Past Treasurer, Tri-County Fair Association; Merit Badge Advisory

Council, Moorefield Boy Scouts Legislative Service Elected 1988-2006

Legislative Positions Held Chairman, Committee on Finance, 73rd, 74th, 75th,

76th and 77th Legislatures; Vice Chairman, Committee on Government

Organization, 71st Legislature; Majority Whip, 72nd Legislature Other Public

Service Commissioner, Interstate Commission on Potomac River Basin

Religion Methodist Address P. O. Box 220, Old Fields 26845 Telephone 538-

6881 H.


FORTY-EIGHTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[Grant County and a Portion of Mineral and Pendleton Counties]

ALLEN V. EVANS

48th District, Grant County

Republican

Businessman / Farmer Born July 11, 1939, son of

Vincent and Velma Evans Education Public

Schools Wife Beverly Riggleman Children

Allison Affiliations Member, Dorcas Ruritan;

Grant County Farm Bureau; Petersburg Lodge

#145, Scottish Rite Masons; NRA; Past President,

West Virginia Poultry Association; State Poultry

Committee; President, Evans Poultry, Inc.; Board

of Directors, Southern States; Board of Directors,

Grant County Bank Legislative Service Elected 1990-2006 Other Public

Service Member, Grant County Parks and Recreation Board; Grant County

Board of Education, 1980-90; Former Member Board of Directors, Wampler-

Longacre Chicken Religion Methodist Address HC 33, Box 3025, Dorcas

26847 Telephone 257-1426.

FORTY-NINTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Mineral County]

ROBERT A. SCHADLER

49th District, Mineral County

Republican

School Bus Operator; Funeral Director Born April

5, 1947, in Keyser, West Virginia, son of Arthur

and Arbutus Schadler Education A.A., Potomac

State College; B.A., West Virginia University;

Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Wife

Sandra Kay Hartman Children Geoffrey, Michelle

Affiliations Member, Kiwanis Club; Keyser

Moose Lodge; West Virginia School Service

Personnel; Tri-State Funeral Directors Association;

West Virginia, Mineral County 4-H All Stars; West Virginia Farm Bureau;

Woodmen of the World; Apple Alley Players Community Theater; Mineral

County Republican Executive Committee; Honorary Member, Keyser Volunteer

Fire Department Legislative Service Elected 1988-90; 1998-2006 Religion

Methodist Address P. O. Box 251, Keyser 26726 Telephone 788-4024 H.


FIFTIETH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Hampshire and Mineral Counties]

RUTH ROWAN

50th District, Hampshire County

Republican

Educator Born September 12, 1948, the daughter

of Clarence and Julia McMurray Llewellyn

Education B.S., California University of

Pennsylvania; M.A., West Virginia University

Husband Thomas T. Rowan Children Julie

Rowan Wolford, Thomas Llewellyn Rowan

Affiliations Member, National Education

Association; Hampshire County Education

Association; West Virginia Education Association; Ruritan; Hampshire County

Farm Bureau; West Virginia Association of Retired School Employees; West

Virginians for Life; Hampshire County Association of Retired School

Employees; Hampshire County GED Board of Directors Legislative Service

Elected 2004-2006 Religion Church of the Brethern Address H. C. 60, Box

113A, Points 25437 Telephone 492-5790 H.

FIFTY-FIRST DELEGATE DISTRICT[Morgan County]

DARYL E. COWLES

51st District, Morgan County

Republican

Businessman Born September 27, 1970, the son

of Warren and Janet Cowles Education Berkeley

Springs High School; A.A.S., Valley College Wife

Nicole Catherine Eddy Children Korinne

Marguerite, Abigail Regan Affiliations Member,

Berkeley Springs Chamber of Commerce; Eastern

Panhandle and West Virginia Home Builders

Association; Berkeley Springs Rotary Legislative

Service Elected 2006 Other Public Service

Member, Morgan County Planning Commission; Morgan County Economic

Development Authority; Tri-State Rail Effort Committee; Morgan County

Republican Executive Committee; West Virginia State Republican Executive

Committee Religion Methodist Address 2612 Martinsburg Road, Berkeley

Springs 25411 Telephone 258-6470 H. 258-1880 O.


CRAIG P. BLAIR

52nd District, Berkeley County

Republican

Businessman; Classified Certified Water Specialist;

Master Electrician Born October 17, 1959, in

Martinsburg, West Virginia, the son of Freddie L.

and Jeanette Porterfield Blair Education

Hedgesville High School; James Rumsey

Vocational Technical Center 1; Industrial and

Residential Electricity 2; Air Conditioning 3,

Machine Trades Wife Andrea Dendy Children

Philip Lee, Saira Grey Affiliations Member,

Eastern Panhandle Homebuilders Association;

National Rifle Association; Eastern Panhandle Business Association; Berkeley

Community Pride Board Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006 Other Public

Service Member, Republican National Committee Religion Protestant Address

47 Wasser Dr., Martinsburg 25401 Telephone 754-5040 H. 754-5121 O. Email:

[email protected].

FIFTY-SECOND DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Berkeley and Morgan Counties]

FIFTY-THIRD DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Berkeley County]

JONATHAN MILLER

53rd District, Berkeley County

Republican

Mortgage Broker, Lincoln Mortgage, LLC Born

May 24, 1984, the son of James Jr. and Rita Miller

Education Musselman High School; B.A.,

Summa Cum Laude, High Point University, North

Carolina Affiliations Member, NRA;

Martinsburg-Berkeley County Chamber of

Commerce; Berkeley County Farm Bureau; The

Heritage Foundation; The Cato Institute; The Club

for Growth; The Phillips Foundation; Americans

for Tax Reform; Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council; Recipient,

Congressional Recognition of Service Award; Recognized as Ronald Reagan

Future Leader Legislative Service Elected 2006 Religion Baptist Address

P.O. Box 566, Bunker Hill 25413 Telephone 283-5975 H 283-5152 O.


FIFTY-FOURTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Berkeley County]

WALTER E. DUKE

54th District, Berkeley County

Republican

Retired Educator Born September 18, 1947, the

son of the late Robert P. and Frances Morrow Duke

Education B.A., Shepherd College; M.A., West

Virginia University Wife Mary Frances Shipe

Children Christopher N., Jeremy R. Affiliations

Member, Eastern Panhandle Business Association;

Gateway New Economy Council; Martinsburg/

Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce; Phi

Kappa Phi Honorary Society; Shepherd University

Alumni Association; Delta Sigma Pi Alumni Association; WVEA-Retired; WV

Association of Retired School Employees; Berkeley County Retired School

Employees; Life Member, Berkeley County Republican Club; Former Vice

Chair, WVEA State Budget Committee; Former Member, WVEA Strategic

Planning Committee; Former Board of Directors, Berkeley County Public

Schools Federal Credit Union; Experienced retail manager and management

consultant Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006 Religion United Methodist

Address 112 Tavern Road, Martinsburg 25401 Telephone 263-1808 H.


FIFTY-FIFTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Berkeley County]

JOHN OVERINGTON

55th District, Berkeley County

Republican

Public Relations / Former Educator Born June 5,

1946, son of Robert Bruce and Helen Besley

Overington Education Washington College;

George Washington University; Shepherd College

Wife JoAnn Bertaux Affiliations Member,

Berkeley County Farm Bureau; Martinsburg-

Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce;

Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce; NRA;

Mensa; American Legislative Exchange Council; Berkeley County Humane

Society; Bedington Ruritan; Southern Regional Education Board (1988-91);

Berkeley and Jefferson County Historical Societies; Sons of the American

Revolution; Martinsburg Rotary; Izaak Walton League; Society of the War of

1812; National Taxpayers Union; West Virginia State Rifle and Pistol

Association; James Rumsey Torch Club; Eastern Panhandle Business

Association; Recipient, 1988 Outstanding Chairman Award, Chamber of

Commerce; Recipient, Marsh Institute 2006 Public Service Award Legislative

Service Elected 1984-2006 Legislative Positions Held Republican Caucus

Chairman, 71st Legislature Other Public Service Berkeley County and West

Virginia Republican Executive Committees Religion Episcopal Address 491

Hoffman Road, Martinsburg 25404 Telephone 274-1791 Email:

[email protected] Web page: www.overington.com


FIFTY-SIXTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties]

BOB TABB

56th District, Jefferson County

Democrat

Nurseryman, Farmer; Agri-tourism Born January

21, 1952, the son of Virginia D. and the late Lyle

C. Tabb Education Charles Town High School;

Virginia Tech Wife Nancy Kathryn Payne

Children Andrew, Brian and Bobby Affiliations

Member Independent Fire Company, 30 years;

EMT, 18 years; RESA VIII Critical Incident Stress

Management Team; Jefferson County Vocational

Advisory Council; Superintendent of Livestock, Jefferson County Fair; 4-H

Project Advisor; Jefferson County Agriculture Task Force; West Virginia Farm

Bureau; West Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association; Berkeley and

Jefferson County Democratic Associations; Recipient, 2002 Lifetime Member

of Independent Fire Company, 25 years active service; 2002 Honorary Chapter

FFA Degree Legislative Service Elected 2002-2006 Legislative Positions Held

Vice Chair, Committee on Agriculture, 77th Legislature Religion Presbyterian

Address 1885 Darke Lane, Kearneysville, 25430 Telephone 728-2214 H. 725-

1252 O.


FIFTY-SEVENTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Jefferson County]

JOHN DOYLE


Democrat

Chairman, Committee on Enrolled Bills

Realtor Born March 31, 1942, in Covington,

Virginia, son of Robert F. and Harriet H. Doyle

Education Shepherd University, B.S. (Political

Science/History, 1966) Legislative Service Elected

1982, 1992-2006 Legislative Positions Held

Chair, Committee on Constitutional Revision, 72nd

Legislature; Vice Chairman, Committee on

Finance, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th and 77th

Legislatures Other Public Service Former Board President, Eastern Panhandle

Transit Authority Military Service U.S. Army; Vietnam, Rifle Platoon Leader;

Bronze Star for Heroism; Combat Infantry Badge Address P. O. Box 1607

Shepherdstown 25443 Telephone 876-1648 O. 876-6472 H.

FIFTY-EIGHTH DELEGATE DISTRICT[A Portion of Jefferson County]

LOCKE WYSONG


Democrat

Chairman, Employee Suggestion Award Board

Apprentice Real Estate Appraiser Born November

15, 1972, in Winchester, Virginia, the son of C.

Locke and Cesarina C. Wysong Education B.S.,

M.P.A., West Virginia University Affiliations

Board Member, Jefferson County Council on

Aging; Jefferson County Fair Association;

Jefferson County Agriculture Task Force; Member,

Charles Town Board of Zoning Appeals; Volunteer,

Jefferson County 4-H Program; Family Resource

Network of the Panhandle, Inc.; State Board Member, West Virginia Special

Olympics; Mountain Honorary; Jefferson County Democratic Association

Legislative Service Elected 2004-2006 Other Public Service Caseworker/

Staff Assistant for Congressman Bob Wise; Eastern Regional Representative

for Governor Bob Wise Religion Catholic Address P.O. Box 772, Charles

Town, 25414 Telephone 728-6027 H.


OTHER ELECTIVE OFFICERS

CLERK OF THE HOUSE

GREGORY M. GRAY

Kanawha County

Democrat

Born June 29, 1950, in Fayette County, the son

of Alexander M. and Margaret Summerfield

Gray; grandson of former House of Delegates

member, Charles Reese Summerfield, who was

elected from Fayette County in 1932 Education

Fayetteville High School; Pontifical College

Josephinum; Sorbonne (Paris, France), Diplome

de Français; Post Degree studies, Ohio State

University Affiliations Member and former National Associate Vice

President, American Society of Legislative Clerks and Secretaries;

Committee Member, West Virginia YMCA Youth in Government; Advisor to

the Executive Committee, Reseau Africain des Personnels des Parlements

(RAPP), Benin, Africa; Parliamentary Advisor and Workshop Faculty in

Africa for Countries of Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad and Senegal—

Legislative Strengthening Programs under auspices of U.S. State

Department Legislative Service Appointed Clerk, January 1, 1996; Elected

January 10, 1996; reelected January 8, 1997, January 13, 1999, January 10,

2001, January 8, 2003, January 12, 2005 and January 10, 2007, the 21st

Clerk of the House of Delegates Legislative Positions Held Appointed

Parliamentarian of the House of Delegates on February 15, 1978, and

continuing to serve in that capacity Religion Tridentine Roman Catholic,

Member and Principal Organist, Sacred Heart Cathedral Address Room 212,

House of Delegates, State Capitol, Charleston 25305 Telephone 340-3200

O. 776-5252 H.

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DOORKEEPER

JOHN A. ROBERTS

Berkeley County

Democrat

Communications / Auctioneer Born April 17,

1934, the son of John L. and Wilma Brown

Roberts Education Strayer College; American

University; George Washington University;

Maryland University; Department of Agriculture

Graduate School Wife Marjorie Dawson

Children R. Michael, Andrea Lee Martinec

Affiliations Masonic Lodge; Life Member,

Capitol Hill Jaycees; Outstanding Young Man of America, 1966; Charter

Member, Hedges Chapel, The Woods Legislative Service Elected February

7, 1996 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of E. Don Yoak; Reelected

at the 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th and 78th Legislatures, the 51st Doorkeeper

of the House of Delegates Legislative Positions Held Served as Page,

Doorman, Administrative Assistant to the Clerk, Acting Clerk and Editor of

the Daily Digest for the United States House of Representatives; Served as

Legal Publications Specialist, National Archives before retiring in 1982;

Twenty-three years service, House of Delegates Journal Room, Assistant

Doorkeeper and Doorkeeper Religion Methodist Address P. O. Box 307,

The Woods Road, Hedgesville 25427 Telephone 754-8401 H.


SERGEANT AT ARMS

OCE SMITH

Marion County

Democrat

Writer / Newspaper Columnist and published

author Born in Barrackville, Marion County, son

of the late Oce W. Smith, Sr. and Norma “Polly”

Lough Smith Education Fairmont State College;

West Virginia University Wife Carol A. Bunner

Children Oce III; Grandson, Oce “Sonny” Smith

IV and Joseph David “Joey” Smith Affiliations

Member, Marion County and West Virginia Historical Society; Kentucky

Colonel; Louisiana Colonel; Admiral, Cherry River Navy; FSC and WVU

Alumni Associations; West Virginia Sportswriters Association, Special

television commentator; Former Member, Board of Directors, Marion County

Chamber of Commerce; Recipient, Democrat of the Month Award, Democrat

Men’s Club; Former President, Fairmont Board of Realtors; Senior Member,

Board of Directors, Benedum Airport Authority; Mason; Shriner; Recipient,

Fairmont Arts and Humanities Commission—Award In Letters; Designated

Distinguished West Virginian; member, Order of the 35th Star; A Founder of

National Legislative Services and Security Association; Recipient, West Virginia

Wildlife League Certificate of Wildlife Conservation; Recipient, One of West

Virginias 55 Greatest Assets by The State Journal; Fairmont State University,

“Award of Achievement”; Honored by having a bridge named for him at

Barrackville Legislative Service Elected Sergeant at Arms at the beginning of

the 58th Legislature after serving for many years in various other capacities,

reelected 59th-78th Legislatures; the 43rd Sergeant at Arms of the House of

Delegates Religion Protestant Address 948 Coleman Ave., Fairmont 26554

Telephone 367-2540 O. 363-0055 H.

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